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[therealbountybob]

Well folks it's the end of season game... be sure to update the Season 8 Games List with your favourite games to play next. If you're reading this and thinking of joining in please do so, why not wet your feet before the next season starts

[edit] Forgot to say if anyone creative can produce HSC certificates (bitmap/JPEG's) with some sort of Atari related theme for top ten overall players, showing their names, points and places after this round please message me!

Wizard of Wor


Game now closes Thu 13th Jan 2011 10am BST

Atarimania has ROM, atarionline.pl has ATRs and EXEs, Fandal has EXE

Play using 7 men. If you play one player you need to use the 2nd joystick. Turn the sound up as the background beat creates a pretty awesome atmosphere

• Atarimania Rating 7.6
  
• HSC Rating 9
  
• HSC Record 377,400 doctorclu - hoping you are going to defend this one

[beamer320i]

Top game, one of my all-time favourites!


54,100 - Don't expect this to last long...

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[beamer320i]

Managed to get to Dungeon 10, score of 88,900

I reckon the two main strategies are:

1) Hide in a corner and wait for them to come to you...

or


2) Go for it and get them before they corner you!

Not quite sure which one's working the best for me yet

Dom

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[Divya16]

beamer320i, on Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:25 PM, said:

Managed to get to Dungeon 10, score of 88,900

I reckon the two main strategies are:

1) Hide in a corner and wait for them to come to you...

or


2) Go for it and get them before they corner you!

Not quite sure which one's working the best for me yet

Dom

What's the strategy to get out of the entrance if they are hanging around near the entrance. I lost all my men because they were all near the entrance.

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[beamer320i]

Divya16, on Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:42 AM, said:

beamer320i, on Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:25 PM, said:

Managed to get to Dungeon 10, score of 88,900

I reckon the two main strategies are:

1) Hide in a corner and wait for them to come to you...

or


2) Go for it and get them before they corner you!

Not quite sure which one's working the best for me yet

Dom

What's the strategy to get out of the entrance if they are hanging around near the entrance. I lost all my men because they were all near the entrance.

You have approximately nine seconds in which to enter the dungeon before it kicks you out, in most cases this is enough, you have to be really unlucky not to get an opportunity to enter! Thing to remember is that the yellow and purple monster are sometimes invisible and only appear when in the same alley as you. Also worth remembering is that when you shoot a monster, if it has already launched a bullet at you that will also disapper when they die (if you hit them first!)

Dom

[beamer320i]

112,500 - Hmm...Still stuck on Dungeon 10, lost my last five lives in quick succession

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Edited by beamer320i, Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:33 PM.

[therealbountybob]

Had a quick go last night 39,000... If anyone want's to play with another person in two player they can post scores this way too

[edit]55,800
photo when I find my phone cable

[a8isa1]

54,100

Edited by a8isa1, Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:40 PM.

[zylon]

Played this for the first time ever today: 28,000

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[doctorclu]

therealbountybob, on Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:11 AM, said:

• HSC Record 377,400 doctorclu - hoping you are going to defend this on

Ah yes this is a fun game, and looks like you are all taking great strides to beat my high score!

Keep up the good work, might have to see what I can do on this.

[doctorclu]

121,900

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[doctorclu]

354,300

Mainly seeing if I can beat my last score. Came sooooo close!!! Arrg!

Oh well, will keep trying. Some basic pointers and I think you'll be making scores of 150K

1) thing to keep in mind that you are technology and they are magic. Your shot continues even after you die, their shot disappears if they die.
2) You only get one shot at a time. Use it wisely. And if possible, stay in places where your shot does not have to travel very far.
3) Your shots and theirs are blocked by the dying remains of someone else.

After that, especially after screen 3, just find a defenseable place and stay there. Try to find a place, if possible, where you only have to face two directions, and when you fire, it only travels for one space. Some examples at the bottom of this message.

For screen 13 (The Pit) I usually start in the lower right corner, and hit maybe a few above to clear them, then shoot as many along the bottom as I can. By then someone will approach from above again, and I just migrate to the left till they travel down to where I am and then I shoot them.

The screens COMPLETELY start over after screen 21. And it is weird. The monsters slow back down, and it throws off your timing.

You get extra lives on the 3rd, 7th, and 12th screens. And then you don't get more lives for a loooonng time. That is ok though, after the pit, I think the levels aren't as challenging. Just bunker in, wait till they come to you, and blow them away.

Ok, I think with that the scores will hit new heights around here.

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[roadrunner]

64,200

I was doing good until i got to dungeon 7

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[doctorclu]

roadrunner, on Sat Jan 1, 2011 7:11 PM, said:

64,200

I was doing good until i got to dungeon 7

It's hard but if you could make it into the the areas towards the middle where you would have been protected above and below and just shoot side to side would be the place to be on that screen.

[therealbountybob]

93,400

now I'm going to play having read those tips

WOW table!
1st doctorclu 354,300 12pts
2nd beamer320i 112,500 11pts
3rd therealbountybob 93,400 10pts
4th roadrunner 64,200 9pts
5th a8isa1 54,100 8pts
6th divya16 31,800 7pts
7th zylon 28,000 6pts

[Fres]

Wow, this one is not my game at all. More tries to come (hopefully).

11900

[atariksi]

Fres, on Sun Jan 2, 2011 2:42 PM, said:

Wow, this one is not my game at all. More tries to come (hopefully).

11900

I played this long time ago on Atari 5200 and did better because I knew some hiding spots for some of the mazes, but don't seem to remember them anymore.

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[Marius1976]

Phew... this is really a hard game. I have to practice more...

After two days of trying I get a decent score of 57400... but i have to do a LOT better!

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[bluecat]

27,800 but hope I can do better
34,600

Edited by bluecat, Mon Jan 3, 2011 4:29 PM.

[therealbountybob]

WOW table!
1st doctorclu 354,300 12pts
2nd beamer320i 112,500 11pts
3rd therealbountybob 93,400 10pts
4th roadrunner 64,200 9pts
5th Marius1976 57,400 8pts
6th a8isa1 54,100 7pts
7th atariksi 49,900 6pts
8th bluecat 34,600 5pts
9th divya16 31,800 4pts
10th zylon 28,000 3pts
11th Fres 11,900 2pts

[Marius1976]

There is a mistake at my score...

I got the 57400 score you gave a8isa1 ...

and a8isa1 got 54100 not 54700!

Thanks
Marius

Fixed thanks!

[Goochman]

71700

[atariksi]

Goochman, on Tue Jan 4, 2011 1:02 PM, said:

71700

I was playing with default settings-- 3 men. I just played with 7 men as indicated in post #1.

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[a8isa1]

I'm not improving very quickly

59,100

[Divya16]

I intend to play again to past 50K at least. Still an F in terms of grading where 100K+ is an A+.